Arsenal were held to a goalless draw at Anfield Road with 10 men playing most of the last leg of the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, and will await the return leg at the Emirates Stadium.
The two sides will play at the Emirates Stadium for the second time, and it remains to be seen when the finalists will join Chelsea, who have already reached the final.
Liverpool got off to a rousing start at home, as at Anfield they put a lot of pressure on Arsenal’s goal from the start, with the Gunners’ players putting up a reasonable resistance.
11th min: Arsenal have a start to the season after right-back Cedric was taken off with a hamstring injury and Calum Chambers is brought on.
13th min: Arsenal survive to take the lead after Robertson takes a dangerous shot from outside the box by Nketiah.
18th min: Liverpool save with a free kick, Arnold creates but Diogo Jota does not take advantage of the ball.
24th min: Granit Xhaka paralyzes his side after kicking Jota in the face, is shown a red card and picks up his fifth yellow card since arriving at the Gunners for home games.
Mikel Arteta made a comeback, brought in Rob Holding and mobilized his team to defend Liverpool’s attack.
The Reds dominated the first half, but the Gunners insisted they had not conceded a goal in the first half.
The first half ended in a goalless draw as the Reds deserved to score, but faced a tough Gunners defense.
The second half came to a close as the Reds continued to dominate and put more pressure on Arsenal’s goal.
50th min: Bukayo Saka’s attempt to give Arsenal the lead is disallowed, coming in from the left and having a chance to give Martinelli the ball, but the Liverpool defender misses.
67th min: Minamino almost gives Liverpool the lead when a corner kick goes just wide of the post.
71st min: Bukayo Saka gets a beautiful tackle on Tierney, he catches it well, but his shot is saved by goalkeeper Allison Becker.
Arsenal have always been ambitious, but have spent most of their time defending their goal as they have spent most of the game with 10 men.
81st min: Chamberlain tries a powerful free-kick, but his shot goes just wide of the post.
89th min: Minamino misses Liverpool’s most expensive chance of the second half, Ramasdale’s free-kick finds the back of the net, but it bounces off the post.
90th min: Arsenal survive a Ramasdale free-kick by Williams, but the Gunners’ shot goes wide.
The game ended in a goalless draw as the Gunners’ players showed great courage as they defended their net with 10 players playing most of the last game.
The Gunners have an extraordinary game in hand and will look forward to the return leg at the Emirates Stadium soon, with the finalists to be announced alongside Chelsea, who have already qualified for the Carabao Cup final.
